Electoral district of Cootamundra
Cootamundra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Cootamundra New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location in New South Wales | |
State | New South Wales |
Dates current | 1904–1941 2015–present |
MP | Steph Cooke |
Party | National Party |
Electors | 53,474 (2019) |
Area | 34,711.35 km2 (13,402.1 sq mi) |
Cootamundra is a regional electorate encompassing the local government areas of Bland Shire, Narrandera Shire, Coolamon Shire, Temora Shire, Junee Shire, Weddin Shire, Cowra Shire, part of Hilltops Council and Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council.[1]
History
Cootamundra first existed as an electorate from 1904 to 1941 and elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. It was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[2] It consisted of part of The Murrumbidgee, and parts of the abolished seats of Gundagai, Wagga Wagga and Young.
In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it absorbed Burrangong and Yass and elected three members. Proportional representation was abandoned in 1927 and Young and Temora, were separated from it and Cootamundra reverted to being a single member electorate. It was abolished in 1941.
Cootamundra was recreated for the 2015 state election, combining the western part of the abolished district of Burrinjuck with the eastern part of the abolished district of Murrumbidgee.[3]
Members for Cootamundra
Single-member (1904–1920) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
William Holman [4] | Labor | 1904–1917 | |||||||||
Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||||||||||
Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
Greg McGirr [5] | Labor | 1920–1922 | Peter Loughlin [6] | Labor | 1920–1926 | Hugh Main [7] | Progressive | 1920–1925 | |||
James McGirr [8] | Labor | 1922–1925 | |||||||||
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Ken Hoad [9] | Labor | 1925–1927 | Country | 1925–1927 | ||||||
Independent | 1926–1927 | ||||||||||
Single-member (1927–1941) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
Ken Hoad [9] | Labor | 1927–1932 | |||||||||
Bill Ross [10] | Country | 1932–1941 | |||||||||
Single-member (2015–present) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
Katrina Hodgkinson [11] | National | 2015–2017 | |||||||||
Steph Cooke [12] | National | 2017–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Steph Cooke | 30,206 | 63.66 | −2.24 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Matthew Stadtmiller | 7,447 | 15.70 | +15.70 | |
Labor | Mark Douglass | 7,302 | 15.39 | −10.59 | |
Greens | Jeffrey Passlow | 1,380 | 2.91 | −0.57 | |
Sustainable Australia | Joseph Costello | 660 | 1.39 | +1.39 | |
Jim Saleam | 453 | 0.95 | +0.95 | ||
Total formal votes | 47,448 | 97.30 | −0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 1,319 | 2.70 | +0.01 | ||
Turnout | 48,767 | 91.20 | −0.63 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Steph Cooke | 32,504 | 77.07 | +6.65 | |
Labor | Mark Douglass | 9,673 | 22.93 | −6.65 | |
National hold | Swing | +6.65 |
References
- "Cootamundra". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution.
- "Mr William Arthur Holman (1871-1934)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Mr John Joseph Gregory "Greg" McGirr (1879-1949)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- "The Hon. Peter Ffrench Loughlin (1881–1960)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "The Hon. Hugh Main (1883-1961)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Mr Kenneth Oswald Hoad". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- "Mr William Forrest Maxwell Ross (1888–1966)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "Ms Katrina Ann Hodgkinson (1966- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- "Ms (Steph) Stephanie Anne Cooke MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- "Cootamundra: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.